Francisco "Pancho" Salvador Osorto Guardado (20 March 1957 – 26 February 2023) was a Salvadoran

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who played as a defender.

Club career

Osorto won the Nacional Liga B league title in 1983 with his hometown club Municipal Limeño.

International career

Nicknamed ''Pancho'', Osorto represented his country in five FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in

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. In 1977, he scored for El Salvador in an 8–0 drubbing of Nicaragua in qualification for the

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Personal life and death

Osorto was married to Evelyn Rubio and the couple have four sons. His son Heraldo Salvador Osorto was a professional footballer with

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and San Salvador. Osorto died from liver failure on 26 February 2023, at the age of 65.

Honours

Municipal Limeno *Liga B: 1983 Santiagueno *

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: 1979-1980 El Salvador *

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: 1978

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References

1957 births 2023 deaths People from La Unión Department Salvadoran men's footballers Men's association football defenders El Salvador men's international footballers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers A.D. Isidro Metapán footballers 1982 FIFA World Cup players Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub